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Joshua White
Data Scientist, Cognitive Scientist & PhD Applicant
I’m a Cognitive & Data Scientist who recently finished his Honours in Psychology at the University of Melbourne. I am seeking to undertake PhD studies to fulfill my long standing life ambition of joining the academy. I’m interested in using big data and computational modeling/methods to better understand the mind, particularly in relation to social, moral, legal, and political matters.
Education
Graduate Diploma (Advanced) in Psychology
GPA: 94.5/100
University of Melbourne
2019
Graduate Diploma in Psychology
GPA: 92.7/100
University of Melbourne
2018
Master of Laws in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
GPA: 3.69/4
Washington University in Saint Louis
2014
Bachelor of Commerce
GPA 6.25/7, Majored in Finance.
University of Queensland
2014
Bachelor of Laws
GPA 5.63/7, Honours class IIA
University of Queensland
2014
Honours and Awards
Australian Psychological Society Prize for Fourth-year Psychology
Top-ranking graduating student.
University of Melbourne
2019
Dean’s Honours List for the Graduate Diploma in Psychology
Top-ranking graduating student.
University of Melbourne
2018
Behavioural Neuroscience Prize
Highest grades in Behavioural Neuroscience subjects
University of Melbourne
2018
Dean’s Honour Roll
Top 10% of graduating LLB/BCom class
University of Queensland
2014
Dean’s Commendation of High Achievement
Exceptional grades — Semester 1, 2010 & Semester 2, 2011
University of Queensland
2011 - 2010
Research Experience
Data Scientist
Cogstate Ltd
Melbourne, Australia
Present - 2020
- Undertake statistical analysis, and apply machine learning algorithms, on computerized computer tests to support their development
- Undertake statistical analysis on clinical trial data to support internal decision-making.
- Maintain internal R package, used to support analytic activities within Cogstate.
Volunteer Research Assistant to A/Prof. Andrew Perfors
Computational Cognitive Science Lab
University of Melbourne
2022 - 2019
- Investigated ambiguity aversion in ‘qualitative’ contexts, from a Bayesian perspective.
- Lead all aspects of research process: conceptualized, designed and coded (JavaScript) experiment, completed ethics application, collected and analyzed data, wrote paper, responded to reviewers.
Research Assistant – RepliCATS project
The University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
2021
Read, analyzed, and discussed social science papers from many fields and make judgements as to their credibility, generalizability, replicability and plausibility, to support the generation of algorithms that may be able to predict research replicability.
Complex Human Data Hub Research Assistant
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences (MSPS)
University of Melbourne
2021 - 2020
- Investigated the ‘social licence’ for the use of location tracking technologies and vaccination passports in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in a multi-country, longitudinal, multi-paper project.
- Involved in: Securing funding, conceptualizing and creating surveys (Qualtrics), designing and undertaking statistical analyses, writing papers and responding to reviewers.
Research Assistant to Prof. Simon Dennis
Memory and Language Lab
University of Melbourne
2020 - 2019
- Investigated the ‘social licence’ for the use of location tracking technologies on university campus to support university research and services.
- Lead: designing and creating experiment (Qualtrics), completing ethics application, collecting data, developing and undertaking statistical analyses, writing manuscript and responding to reviewers.
Psychology Honours Project
Supervisor: A/Prof. Stefan Bode
University of Melbourne
2019
- Investigated the decision process of moral judgements of fairness through a response-time paradigm based on the dictator game, utilizing computational and statistical modelling.
- Piloted experiment, collected and analyzed data, helped to write manuscript and respond to reviewers.
Psychology Capstone Project
Supervisor: A/Prof. Daniel Little
University of Melbourne
2018
- Investigated whether people could tell the difference between human responses to Raven’s Progressive Matrices, and responses from a Bayesian computational model thereof (Little, Lewandowksy & Griffiths, 2012).
- Developed experimental paradigm, collected and analyzed data, wrote lab report.
Teaching Experience
Psychology and Statistics/Data Analysis
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences (MSPS)
University of Melbourne
2022 - 2019
Taught the following classes at the University of Melbourne:
- Advanced Design and Data Analysis (PSYC40005)
- Advanced Research Methods in Psychology (PSYC40014)
- Mind, Brain & Behaviour 1 (PSYC10003)
- Mind, Brain & Behaviour 2 (PSYC10004)
- Cognitive Psychology (PSYC20007)
- Personality and Social Psychology (PSYC20009)
English-as-a-Second-Language Teacher
Self-employed, italki.com
N/A
2019 - 2017
Teaching English to upper-intermediate/advanced English learners.
Other Professional Experience
Lawyer
Thomson Geer
Brisbane, Australia
2017 - 2015
- Act for liquidators, banks, finance companies etc. in insolvency litigation.
- Draft court documents, and appear in person, in relation to matters at the Magistrates, District and Supreme Courts of Queensland and High Court of Australia.
Academic Publications
Sensitivity of individfual and composite test scores from the Cogstate Brief Battery to mild cognitive impariment and dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease
Manuscript in Preparation
N/A
2022
Joshua P. White, Adrian Schembri, Carmen Prenn-Gologranc, Maetj Ondrus,
Stanislav Katina, Petr Novak, Yen Ying Lim, Chris Edgar, Colin L. Masters, Paul Maruff
COVID-19, culture, and the privacy calculus: factors predicting the cross-cultural acceptance and uptake of contact tracing technologies
Submitted to PNAS Nexus
N/A
2022
Paul M. Garrett, Joshua P. White, Yin Luo, Simon Dennis, Nicholas Geard, Daniel R. Little, Lewis Mitchell, Andrew Perfors, Martin Tomko, Giulia Andrighetto, Andrea Guido, Takashi Kusumi, Ralph Herwig, Stefan Herzog, Anastasia Kozyreva, Phillipp Lorenz-Spreen, Thorsten Pachur, Shulan Hsieh, Yi-Chan Lee, Cheng-Ta Yang, Yasmina Okan, Elena Maria Andrade Fernandez, Luis Miguel Velay Vivel, Klaus Oberauer, Robert Goldstone, Stephan Lewandowsky, Yoshihisa Kashima
Detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment Using In-clinic and Remote Unsupervised Digital Cognitive Assessments (Abstract)
Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association
N/A
2022
Joshua P. White, Chris Edgar, Eric Siemers, Paul Maruff
Ambiguity attitudes in qualitative contexts: The role of prior beliefs
Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
N/A
2022
Joshua P. White, Andrew Perfors
Papers please: Predictive factors for national and international COVID-19 immunity and vaccination passport uptake as determined by representative surveys
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
N/A
2022
Paul M. Garrett, Joshua P. White, Simon Dennis, Stephan Lewandowsky, Cheng-Ta Yang, Yasmina Okan, Andrew Perfors, Daniel Little, Anastasia Kozyreva, Philipp Lorenz-Spreen, Takashi Kusumi, and Yoshihisa Kashima
High acceptance for COVID-19 tracing technologies in Taiwan: A nationally representative survey analysis
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
N/A
2022
Paul M. Garrett, Yu Wen Wang, Joshua P. White, Yoshihisa Kashima, Simon Dennis, Cheng-Ta Yang
Response time modelling reveals evidence for multiple, distinct sources of moral decision caution
Cognition
N/A
2022
Milan Andrejević, Joshua P. White, Daniel Feuerriegel, Simon Laham, Stefan Bode
A Paradox in Digital Memory Assessment: Increased Sensitivity With Reduced Difficulty
Frontiers in Digital Health
N/A
2021
Joshua P. White, Adrian Schembri, Chris J. Edgar, Yen Ying Lim, Colin L. Masters, Paul Maruff
Young adults view smartphone tracking technologies for COVID-19 as acceptable: the case of Taiwan
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
N/A
2021
Paul M. Garrett, Yu Wen Wang, Joshua P. White, Shulan Hsieh, Carol Strong, Yi-Chan Lee, Stephan Lewandowsky, Simon Dennis, Cheng-Ta Yang
Public acceptance of Privacy-Encroaching Policies to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom
PLoS ONE
N/A
2021
Stephan Lewandowsky, Simon Dennis, Amy Perfors, Yoshihisa Kashima, Joshua P. White, Paul Garrett, Daniel R. Little, Muhsin Yesilada
The acceptability and uptake of smartphone tracking for COVID-19 in Australia
PLoS ONE
N/A
2021
Paul M. Garrett, Joshua P. White, Stephan Lewandowsky, Yoshihisa Kashima, Andrew Perfors, Daniel R. Little, Nic Geard, Lewis Mitchell, Martin Tomko, Simon Dennis
General Audience Publications
Privacy and Health: The Lessons of COVID-19
Pursuit, University of Melbourne
N/A
2021
Paul Garrett, Joshua P. White, Simon Dennis, Nic Geard, Yoshi Kashima, Daniel Little, Andy Perfors, Martin Tomko, Stephan Lewandowsky, Lewis Mitchell
Decreasing support for immunity passports amongst Australians, but this depends on age
Complex Human Data Hub News, University of Melbourne
N/A
2020
Josh White, Paul Garrett, Simon Dennis, Daniel Little, Amy Perfors, Yoshi Kashima, Stephan Lewandowsky
Do Australians support ‘Immunity Passports’ in response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
Complex Human Data Hub News, University of Melbourne
N/A
2020
Josh White, Paul Garrett, Simon Dennis, Daniel Little, Amy Perfors, Yoshi Kashima, Stephan Lewandowsky
Queensland Government consulting with industry regarding security of payment reforms
Thomson Geer Construction Law Alerts
N/A
2015
Kelly A, McKillop T, White J
Out of time, out of luck: harsh time bars defeat EOT Claim
Thomson Geer Construction Law Alerts
N/A
2015
Kelly A, Mackintosh A, White J
Presentations
Ambiguity Aversion in qualitative contexts: A vignette study
Australasian Mathematical Psychology Conference
N/A
2021
Josh White, Andrew Perfors
Response time modelling reveals evidence for multiple, distinct sources of moral decision caution
Mathematical Psychology Conference
N/A
2021
Milan Andrejević, Joshua P. White, Daniel Feuerriegel, Simon Laham, Stefan Bode
Negative Valence and Contextual Expectancy Slow Moral Judgements
PSY2020 Conference
N/A
2020
Josh White, Milan Andrejević, Daniel Feuerriegel, Simon Laham, Stefan Bode
Japan and Italy: A tale of two countries with decentralised ‘exposure notification’ systems
Establishing the social licence for mobile tracking technologies for COVID-19 Symposium, 59th Annual Conference of the Taiwan Psychological Association
N/A
2020
Josh White
Public Perceptions of COVID-19 Tracking Technologies
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences Colloquium Series
N/A
2020
Simon Dennis, Paul Garrett, Josh White
Software
betr R package
Public R package to support betting analytics and probabilistic analysis.
N/A
2022
Creator & Maintainer
cogstate-r R package
Internal R package to support Cogstate data science capabilities.
N/A
2022 - 2021
Contributor
Grants
Philanthropic support
Establishing the Social License to Introduce Tracking Technologies to address COVID19
N/A
2020
$23,699
Simon Dennis, Josh White, Andrew Perfors, Daniel R. Little, Stephan Lewandowsky.